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Thursday, 26 August 2021 07:55

Positive vibe

Written by  Peter Burke
Charles Finny. Charles Finny.

Experienced trade negotiator Charles Finny believes reports relating to a free trade agreement with the UK are positive.

Finny says full credit should go to Agriculture and Trade Minister Damien O'Connor for this development.

"He has pretty much secured a really good deal with the UK off the back of what Australia has secured. As long as New Zealand can deliver a really good outcome on services and investment, then I think we are there."

Finny says the UK is looking like it could be a very exciting market for NZ companies that want to reinvest in that market. But he's not sure it is going to be as dominant as it was in the past.

He would like to see a really good deal with the EU as well. Finny doesn't want companies to focus entirely on the UK and forget about the EU. However, he concedes that the EU is "a longer term burn". That aside, he believes NZ should be trying very hard to get a deal done this year.

"What will be interesting is the quality of that deal compared with the UK deal, which - if it happens - will be very good for the NZ ag sector."

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